Centipawn
Centipawn: An engine evaluation unit equal to one hundredth of a pawn.
In-Depth Explanation
A score of +100 centipawns is roughly a one-pawn advantage for White, although modern engines map internal winning chances into displayed values. Centipawn differences are context dependent: +1 in a quiet endgame may be decisive, while +1 in a wild attack may be hard to convert.
Related Technical Terms
FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation)
A standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game.
Blunder
A very bad move that loses significant material or the game, usually marked as ?? in chess notation.
Algebraic Notation
The standard system for recording chess moves using square coordinates (e.g. e4, Nf3, O-O).
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Frequently Asked Questions
An engine evaluation unit equal to one hundredth of a pawn.
Use a real game in the Plychess analysis tools and identify where centipawn affected the position or result.
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